LCN 2005
The IEEE Conference on
Local Computer Networks (LCN)
30th Anniversary 
15-17 November 2005
Sydney, Australia


Preliminary Call for Papers

For the past 30 years, the IEEE LCN conference has been the premier
conference on the leading edge of practical computer networking. LCN is a
highly interactive conference that enables an effective interchange of
results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. Over the
years, LCN has tracked many developments from the local network to the
global Internet and the World Wide Web. In 2005, we are targeting embedded
networks, wireless networks, ubiquitous computing, heterogeneous networks,
and security as well as management aspects surrounding them. We encourage
you to submit original papers describing research results or practical
solutions. Paper topics include, but are not limited to:

    * Local Area Networks
    * Personal/Wearable Networks
    * Embedded Networks
    * Wireless Networks
    * Home/SOHO Networks
    * Network to the Home
    * High-Speed Networks
    * Optical Networks
    * Storage-Area Networks
    * Peer-to-Peer Networks
    * Overlay Networks
    * Network Management
    * Mobility Management
    * Location-dependent Services
    * Ad-hoc Environments
    * Network Traffic Characterizations
    * Performance Evaluation/Measurements
    * Quality-of-Service
    * Congestion Control/Behavior Control
    * Network Reliability
    * Network Security
    * Adaptive Applications

Authors are invited to submit full or short papers for presentation at the
conference. Full papers (no more than 8 camera-ready pages, 10pt font in
IEEE format) should present novel perspectives within the general scope of
the conference. Short papers are an opportunity to present preliminary or
interim results and are limited to 2 camera-ready pages in length. Short
papers will be presented in a poster format and published in the
proceedings. All papers must include title, complete contact information for
all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page. The corresponding
author must be clearly identified. (Duplicate submissions will be rejected.)

Paper submission:
Papers must be submitted electronically. Submission instructions will be
posted at http://www.ieeelcn.org. For further information, contact the
program chair, Hossam Hassanein <hossam@cs.queensu.ca> or co-chair, Marcel
Waldvogel <marcel.waldvogel@uni-konstantz.de>.


Important dates (tentative):
Paper submission deadline: 10 May 2005
Notification of acceptance: 28 July 2005
Workshop proposals: 30 January 2005 	
Camera-ready paper due: 25 August 2005
Author registration by: 19 August 2005
Workshop proposals: 28 February 2005

Workshops:
A number of workshops will be co-located with the main conference. More
information on Workshops will be posted on http://www.ieeelcn.org. To
propose a workshop for LCN05, please send a one-page proposal and biography
to the program chairs.


General Chair:
Burkhard Stiller, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich

Program Chair:
Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University

Program Co-Chair:
Marcel Waldvogel, University of Konstanz

Finance Chair:
F. Huebner,
AT&T Labs

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs:
Sanjay Jha, Univ. of New South Wales and National ICT Australia
Salil Kanhere, Univ. of New South Wales

Financial Support Chair:
Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon

Overseas Advisers:
Matthias Frank, University of Bonn
Ken Christensen, University of South Florida

Webmaster:
Gary Kessler, Champlain College

Standing Committee:
Joe Bumblis, United Defense L.P.
Gary Kessler, Champlain College
Peter Martini, University of Bonn
Howard Salwen, Audeon Networks
Tim Strayer, BBN

Conference Web Site:
http://www.ieeelcn.org